Looped-attacher automobile-buffer



a. A. LYON. LUOPED ATTACHER AUTOMOBILE BUFFER. APPLICATION FILED 1AN.I4, I920.

1,351.050. Patented Aug. 31, 1920.

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ing strip has a desirable action in preventing contact between the vehicle tire and the projecting ends or nuts on the hook bolts which might otherwise tear or injure the tire fabric. These doubled attaching members also give additional strength and stiffness to the buffer when its ends are forced laterally out of: position, under collison conditions, for example. The relative resilient resistance oifered b the two arms of the attaching member may of course be con trolled and adjusted by the proportions of the diilcrent loops and curves therein and, for instance, by extending the outwardly turned connector loops 8, l8 'fillllll61=0lltward toward the end loops 3, 13 a greater degree of resilient yield may be secured in this inner member or strip of the attaching members,- although somewhat less strength or rigidity of support is thus secured.

Fig. 2 shows another illustrative arrangement in which the attache: loops 31 and formed in the spring strip or other suitable attaching members serve to space apart the interned securing portions 32, 41 which may be clamped, bolted or otherwise secured to the frame members or other parts of the lpttu'lZOInObllG or vehicle, unturned securing port1on's may be extended forwardly to form. an inwardly turned. connector loop such as which may resiliently support the buffer front, and ii desired, may be connected thereto by clampmg or bolting the end 35 01 the corresponding connector portion 34: to the coeperating overlapping front or impact receiving members 27, 36, the inclosing clamps 21, 22 being used for this purpose iii desired. The outer or protecting strip of the attaching member, such as 30, may merge into the end loop 29 to give additional resilience to the reinforced butler front and if desired the other attaching member may be similarly formed with an outer protecting portion 39 and end loop 38, the end of this strip ex tending inward to form the impact receivtending beyond the vehicle frame member, if desired. The inturned securing portion 31 of this attaching member may have a similarly inwardly turned connector loop l2 and the communicating connector portion. 43 may be clamped or bolted to the other strips so as to secure them together and give the desired reinforcement and increased strength to this part of the butter. Also when the adjacent strip ends 28, i l and 35, 37 are substantially in line a pleasing appearance is given to the butter front which as above described has ample strength under collision conditions so that for some purposes r latively thinner or lighter s wring steel may be used for its manufacture.

Fig. 3 shows another form or butter in which the attaching members may be and if desired these mg member 36 and having an end 3'? 'exremorse formed with attacher loops 53 so that the interned protected securing portion 52 which may be bolted or clamped to the vehicle frame in any suitable way is spacer somewhat away at least from the outer strip or portion 51 of this attaching member which may be -formed with a yieldinglbop portion 49 A somewhat similarly shaped inwardly turned cushioning loop 50 may be for-meal on the other strip of the attaching member and the ends of these attaching member portions 46, i8 may gradually merge into the buffer front and be formed with overlapping ends 47, 54: which may be bolted or -secured thereto in any suitable way. While any desired form of buffer front may be used in this connection a spring channel butler fr0nt. member 45 is illustrated to which these attaching members may be connected as by the U-bolts 55 extending through holes in the overlapping ends ofthe attaching members described and securely connected thereto by the nuts 56.

Fig. a shows still another form of this type of construction in. which the attaching member is formed with a resilient attacher loop (31 resiliently supporting the inturned and protected securing portion 62 of the attaching member as indicated inlhg.

5. This inturned securing portion or end of the attaching member may be downwardly bent in some cases and may be formed with suitable slots or apertures, such as the adjusting slot 65 and the hole or "other apertnre'bfi through which the hook bolts or other attaching devices 24 may extend to clamp this securing portion or end of the buffer ti) the automobile frame member, "for example. The end loop 59 may be formed on this attaching member and may be integral with the impact receiving portion 57 Of the butter strip which may have an end 58 about in line with the opposite frame member of the automobile so as to overlap the cooperating impact receiving member 63, the clamping devices 21, 2-2 being arranged to adjustably connect these overlapping strips adjacent their ends 58, (ll, so that the appearance of the buffer front resembles the standard Lyon resilient butler of Patent 1,198,246, of September 12, 1916. lhis second bulier strtip may be formed with an end loop 67 and with an outer protecting portion 68 which if desired may be substantially. parallel to the inturned securing end 70 of the strtlp and resiliently connected. thereto by the attacher loop 69.

This invention has been described in connection with. a number of embodiments, forms; proportions, parts, arrangements, materials, methods of connection and use, to the details of which disclosure the invention is not of COUISu to be limited, since what is claimed as new and what is desired to be seclamped to the cooperating impact receiving member to form a dcuble thickness reinforced buffer front.

2. The spring strip automobile buffer comprising two elements each having an impact receiving member, and a connected outer end loop adapted to extend into protective position in front of the automobile wheel and an attaching member having a resilient attacher loop and an inturned protected securing portion adapted to be secured to the automobile frame member, said securing port-ion having a connector loop and connector portion adapted to be clamped to the coi'iperating impact receiving member to form a double thickness reinforced buffer front.

3. The automobile buffer comprising two generally similar resilient strip elements each having an impact receiving member, and a connected outer end loop and attach ing member having an attacher loop and an inturned protected securing portion adapted to be secured to the automobile frame member, said securing portion having a connector loop and connector portion adapted to be adj ustably and removably clamped to the cooperating impact receiving member at one side of the reinforced buffer front.

4. The automobile buffer comprising two generally similar resilient strip elements each having an impact receiving member, and a connected outer end loop and attaching member having an attacherloop and a securing portion adapted to be secured to the automobile frame member, said securing portion having a connector portion adapted to be secured to the cooperating impact receiving member.

5. The automobile buffer comprising two generally similar resilient strip elements *ach having an impact receiving member,

and an attaching member having an attacher loop and a securing portion. adapted to be. secured to the automobile frame member, said securing portion having a con nector portionadapted to reinforce the cooperating impact receiving member.

' (S. The automobile buffer comprising two elements of flat resilient'strip eachhaving an impact receiving member, and a con nected outer end loop and attaching member having a resilient attacher loop and 'an inturned protected securing portion formed with apertures and adapted to be secured to an automobile frame member. said securing portion having a. connector portion adapted to he adj nstably and movably conmember to reinforce the same.

7. The automobile buffer comprising two elements of flat resilient strip each having an impact receiving member, and a connected outer end loop and attaching member having a resilient attacher loop and an inturned securing portion formed with apertures and adapted 135 be secured to an automobile frame member.

9. The automobile buffer comprising renected to .the cooperating impact receiving silient spring steel strip members having" nected to another part of the buffer to support and reinforce the same.

9. The automobile buffer comprising resilient strip members having attaching memlwrs formed with resilient attacher loops and adjacent inturned securing portions adapted to be secured -to the frame members of an automobile, said attaching members having a protecting portion spaced away from said securing portion adjacent said attacher loop and having a connected end loop and impact receiving member to be adjustably connected to another part of the buffer to support and reinforce the same. 10. The automobile buffer comprising resilient strip attaching members formed with attachcr loops and adjacent inturned securing portions adapted to be secured to the frame members of an automobile. said attaching members having a protecting portion spaced away from said securing portion adjacent said attacher loop and having a connected loop adapted to be connected to another part of the buffer to reinforce the same.

11. The automobile buffer comprising resilient strip ataching members formed with resilient attacher loops and adjacent lIl-- ,empeo neetor portion. adapted to be acijustably eon taeher members having a portion spaced nected to another part oi the buffer to supaway from said securing portion adjacent 10 port and i'einforco the same. said attacher loop and having a connector '12. The automobile buffer comprisingyreportion adapted to be connected. to another sihent strip attaching members formed with part of the buffer to support and reinforce utteehei' loops and adjacent inturned seeurthe same.

ing' portions adapted to be secured to the frame members of an automobile, said at- GEORGE ALBERT LYON. 

